So I've been flight-tracking Addie on the computer since she left Florida. Her plane landed in Boston just before ten, and I waited for her to call and let me know she was all set, per our standard plan when she travels. And I waited. And I waited.
Finally, I sent her a text. At 10:30 (this is a big step for me).
Me: You landed, right? Love you!!!!
Addie: Yep
Me: Okay, thanks! I was worried ... sorry, I'm lame lol
Addie: I know
Yeah, I'm really feeling the love here :) I think she's just mad because I'm making her go to school tomorrow. She and my mom should get back to "Mimi"'s house by 11:30 or so, and then, yes, she'll have to get up and have her grandmother drive her to school.
I'm a mean mother, I guess. And Addie is evidently a texter of few words when you're on her crap list (although she writes veritable soliloquies on her phone on general principle). Sigh ...
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Hang in there! It does get better, and she will look back and love you so much more vocally in a few years!
ReplyDeleteDoes she live with grandma and grandpa in Florida? My best friend lives in Florida and said that she misses snow occasionally, but mostly loves the warm weather year round.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, I get those one word answers from my 12 year old... -_-
And I'm dumb. I read that as her landing Florida, but it's Boston.
ReplyDeleteYay for mean moms and their future responsible and appreciative good adult children! :)
ReplyDeleteYour a good mom! Not lame...well lame to a teenager but not lame really. LOL
ReplyDeleteYou sound like a great mom because you care. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are a great mom! How old is Addie? Pre-teen? Teen? My son is a teen, and this is just typical!!!!!! Very funny post! I can sooo relate!
ReplyDeleteBrittany--Thank you ... she's actually much more vocal in her appreciation than she was last year : )
ReplyDeleteLaura--It's all good, although she'd probably prefer living with her grandmother at times ;)
Angie--I hope so! Having to be the strict mother had better pay off at some point lol.
MD--Thanks :) Had a talk with Addie this afternoon, and evidently I'm only moderately lame. I took this as a compliment : )
T. Anne--I spend an awful lot of time around kids the same age as Addie, and it makes me care more than you can imagine. I think I tell her I love her too much, maybe, because the idea that so many kids don't ever hear that just makes me cry : (
Janine--We try :) Addie is fourteen. She's come a long way ... she's a different person (in a good way) since starting high school. She's always been a genuinely good kid, though ... her younger sister, however, I have grave concerns about how we'll survive the teenage years lol.